Add Infrastructure And Make Your Campaign Issue Based Rather Than Mud-slinging - Obasanjo Advises Politicians

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo while addressing All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and other party members of APC yesterday throws is advice. Obasanjo advised politicians to make their campaign issue based rather than mud-slinging and to give infrastructure a special attention.

“I thought that I should say it today that I have this opportunity because I hope people will face issues rather than trivialities. On occasion like this, issues are very important. And you have mentioned three areas which are demanding issues in Nigeria today.

“I will just beg all of you who are contesting to add one to it; you mentioned economy, you mentioned corruption, and you mentioned security.”

“All of you I will beg of you to add infrastructure. It’s very important. You may take it as part of economy but I will take infrastructure as special and give it special attention.”

“For all political parties that are trying to woo us to vote for them in the coming election; let’s go away from red-herring, let’s go away from trivialities, let’s face issues and tell the people of this country what we will do to deal with these crying problems of our country.”

The former president however suggested that only good people are appointed into offices when a political party is forming a government.

“Having said that, I will also say that while a party must be microcosm of a nation – and in a nation you will have near saints, devils, rapists, armed robbers and a good party must have all this in them. But what matters is that when that party has to go into government, it must look for men and women of character.”

“And we have them in all parties, we have them throughout the nooks and crannies of this country. Again I wish you well as you go around. I thank you for this visit,” Obasanjo said. (Leadership)